Title I Non Public Schools Principals Consultation Meeting

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Title I Non Public Schools Principals
Consultation Meeting

• September 11, 2008
• Office of Funded Programs

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OVERVIEW OF TITLE I

• Brief History
• Obligations for Service

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Brief History

• Passed as part of President Johnsons War on
  Poverty in 1965
• Single largest federal program for K-12 education
• Underlying premise of education as the great
  equalizer
• Main vehicle for federal education initiatives

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Purpose of Title I

• To improve the education of disadvantaged
  students throughout the country, especially those
  students affected by poverty
• With reauthorization under No Child Left Behind,
  the program strengthened its emphasis on reading
  and math

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Federal Update

• NCLB is overdue for reauthorization, not likely
  until 2010
• Congress has not acted on funding for next year
  as of yet increases on hold?
• SPPS funding saw an increase for the first time
  in six years.

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NCLB and Non-Public Schools

• The Elementary and Secondary Education Act
  (ESEA), as reauthorized by the No Child Left
  Behind Act of 2001, provides benefits to private
  school students, teachers and other education
  personnel, including those in religiously
  affiliated schools.

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Consultation

• Timely and meaningful consultation during
  the design and
• development of the programs on such issues
  as
• How the childrens needs will be identified

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Consultation Continued

• What services will be offered
• How and where the services will be provided
• How the services will be assessed and how the
  results of the assessment will be used to improve
  those services
• Service delivery mechanisms used to provide
  equitable services
• Who will provide the services

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Consultation Continued

• The amount of funds available to serve private
  school students
• The size and scope of the services to be provided
• How and when the agency will make decisions about
  the delivery of services

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Consultation Continued

• Consideration of the views of the private school
  officials re use of third-party providers
• Where the LEA disagrees with the views of the
  private school officials on the provision of
  services through a contract, the LEA must
  provide a written explanation of the reasons
  why the local educational agency has chosen not
  to use a contractor

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Consultation Continued

• Consultation meetings must continue throughout
  the implementation and assessment of services
• Such consultation shall occur before the local
  educational agency makes any decision that
  affects the opportunities of eligible private
  school children, teachers, and other educational
  personnel to participate

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2008-09 Consultation Dates

• November 13,2008
• January 14,2009
• March 11,2009
• May 14,2009
• June 10,2009
• All Meetings will take place at 360 Colborne,
  Rooms DE. Time 100 -230 Title Meeting. 230
  -330 Special Education Meeting

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Title I, Part A Improving Basic Programs
Operated by Local Educational Agencies (LEAs)

• Provides supplemental educational services for
  eligible public and private school students to
  ensure that all children have a fair, equal, and
  significant opportunity to obtain a high-quality
  education and reach, at a minimum, proficiency on
  challenging State academic achievement standards
  and State academic assessments.

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Title I, Part A Improving Basic Programs
Operated by Local Educational Agencies (LEAs)

• New provisions in Title I include
• Written affirmation re Consultation
• Counts may be every two years
• Committee of Practitioners to include
  representatives of private schools
• Equitable participation of families and teachers
  in parental involvement and professional
  development activities (sections 1118 and 1119)

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Title I, Part A Generating Funds

• Per-pupil allocation x number of poor private
  school students residing in Title I attendance
  areas Funds available for private school Title
  I program
• Private school funds may be pooled
• Funds generated by private school students must
  be used for instructional services.

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Title I, Part AIdentifying Children To Be
Served

• Must reside in participating public school Title
  I attendance area AND are failing or most at risk
  of failing to meet high standards
• Selected on the basis of multiple,
  educationally-related, developmentally-appropriate
  criteria

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Title I, Part AIdentifying Children To Be
Served

• Homeless, 2 preceding years in Head Start, Even
  Start, Early Reading First, Title I Preschool or
  Title I, Part C (Migrant Education)
• Poverty is NOT a criterion
• District chooses children to be served from the
  list that the private school provides of eligible
  students

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What NCLB Requires

• HQ rules apply to all teachers within schools
  that receive Title I funds, not just those
  working in Title I programs.
• All teachers are required to hold a current
  license.

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Parent Involvement Requirements
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Parental Involvement

• Title I places considerable emphasis on parental
  involvement. Research shows that parent
  involvement in the education of their children is
  a critical factor in improving academic
  achievement. Funds are reserved to carry out
  required parental involvement activities.

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Title I Annual Meeting

• Purpose is to inform parents of
• their schools participation in Title I programs,
  
• to explain the Title I requirements, and
• the right of parents to be involved in those
  programs.
• Most often paired with another event such as open
  house, reading night, math night, etc..
• Title I Annual Meeting for Non-Public Schools
  will be October 14,2008.

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Parent Involvement

• Teachers are asked to plan at least two more
  activities beyond the annual meeting.

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Betty Gerlach PI Educator

• Parent Involvement Meetings / Support for Schools
• Contact number 651-632-3791.

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Program Update

• There are 15 non-public school sites
• Teachers are in buildings
• Testing eligible students
• Confirming eligibility of students for services
• Developing schedule of service
• Sending out permission letters
• Goal is to at least begin servicing students
  within the next two weeks.

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Reminder

• Income eligibility forms were mailed to you this
  summer (June or July).
• Those need to be completely filled out by
  families
• If you have them ready I can pick them up now or
  wait until beginning of November to pick them up.

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Contact

• Lynn Moore
• 651-632-3781 (phone)
• 651-632-3789 (fax)

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RESOURCESwww.title1.spps.org